Persons troubled with carpet moths may get rid of them by scrubbing the floor with strong hot salt and water before laying the carpet; and sprinkling the carpet with salt once a week before sweeping. SMOOTH SAD-IRONS. To have your siid-iroiia clean and smooth rub them first with a" piece of wax tied in a cloth, and afterwards aoonr them on a paper or thick cloth strewn with coarse salt. TO SWEETEN MEAT. A little charcoal thrown into the pot will sweeten meat that is, a little old. Not if it is anyway tainted — it, is then not fit to eat— but only if kept a little longer than makes it quite fresh. STOVE POLISH. Stove lustre, when mixed with turpentine and applied in the usual manner, is blacker, more glossy and more durable than when mixed with any other liquid. The turpentine prevents rust, and when put on an old rnsly stove will make it look as well as new. 868 Mother's Cook Boos. CLEANING WHITE PAINT. Spirits of ammonia, used in sufficient quantity to soften the water, and ordinary bard soap, will make the paint look white and clean with half the effort of any other method I over have tried. Care should be taken not to hare too much ammonia, or the paint will be injured. TO CLEANSE THE INSIDE OP JARS. This can be done in a few minutes by filling the jars with hot water (it need not be scalding hot), and then stirring in a teaspoon ful or more of baking soda. Shake well, then empty the jar at once, and if any of the former odor re- mains about it, nil again with water and soda; shake well, and rinse oat in cold water. FURNITURE POLISH. Equal proportions of linseed oil, turpentine, vinegar, and spirits of wine. Mode: When used, shake the mixture well, and rub on the furniture with a piece of linen rag, and polish with a clean duster. Vinegar and oil, rubbed in with flannel, and the furniture rubbed with a clean duster, produce a very good polish. Squeaking doors ought to have the hinges oiled by a feather dipped in some linseed oil. A soft cloth, wetted in alcohol, is excellent to wipe off French plate-glass and mirrors. A red-hot iron will soften old putty so that it can be easily removed. Motheb's Cook Book. TO REMOVE STAINS PROM MATTRESSES. Make a thick paste by wetting starch with cold water. Spread this on the stain, first patting the mattress in the son ; rob this off after an hoar or so, and if the ticking is not clean try the process again, KALSOMINING. . For plain white use one ponnd white glne, twenty pounds English whiting; dissolve glne by boiling in about three pints of water; dissolve whiting with hot water; make the consistency of thick batter; then add glne and one cap soft soap. Dissolve a piece of alum the size of a hen's egg, add and tui x the whole thoroughly. Let it cool before iising. If too thick to spread nicely add more water till it spreads easily. For bine tints add five cents* worth of Prussian blue, and a little Venetian red for lavender. For peach-blow nse red in white alone. The above quantity is enough to cover four ceilings, sixteen feet square, with two coats, and will not rub off as the whitewash does made of lime, PAPERING WHITEWASHED WALLS. There are many ways, but we mention those that are the most reliable. Take a perfectly clean broom, and wet the walls all over with clean water; then with a email sharp hoe or scraper scrape off all the old whitewash you can. Then cut your paper of the right length, and, when you are all ready to put on the paper, wet the wall with strong vinegar. Another ' way is to make very thin paste by dissolving one ponnd of white glue in five quarts of warm water, and wash the walls with it before patting on the paper. A very good way is to ap- ply the paste to both paper and wall. The paste may be made from either wheat or rye flour, bat must be put on warm. JJJwses's Cqo^'JBqc*. HOW TO CLEAN COSSETS.

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Persons troubled with carpet moths may get rid of them by scrubbing the floor with strong hot salt and water before laying the carpet; and sprinkling the carpet with salt once a week before sweeping. SMOOTH SAD-IRONS. To have your sad-irons clean and smooth rub them first with a piece of wax tied in a cloth, and afterwards scour them on a paper or thick cloth strewn with coarse salt. TO SWEETEN MEAT. A little charcoal thrown into the pot will sweeten meat that is, a little old. Not if it is anyway tainted — it, is then not fit to eat— but only if kept a little longer than makes it quite fresh. STOVE POLISH. Stove lustre, when mixed with turpentine and applied in the usual manner, is blacker, more glossy and more durable than when mixed with any other liquid. The turpentine prevents rust, and when put on an old rusty stove will make it look as well as new. Mother's Cook Book. CLEANING WHITE PAINT. Spirits of ammonia, used in sufficient quantity to soften the water, and ordinary bard soap, will make the paint look white and clean with half the effort of any other method I over have tried. Care should be taken not to hare too much ammonia, or the paint will be injured. TO CLEANSE THE INSIDE OF JARS. This can be done in a few minutes by filling the jars with hot water (it need not be scalding hot), and then stirring in a teaspoonful or more of baking soda. Shake well, then empty the jar at once, and if any of the former odor remains about it, fill again with water and soda; shake well, and rinse out in cold water. FURNITURE POLISH. Equal proportions of linseed oil, turpentine, vinegar, and spirits of wine. Mode: When used, shake the mixture well, and rub on the furniture with a piece of linen rag, and polish with a clean duster. Vinegar and oil, rubbed in with flannel, and the furniture rubbed with a clean duster, produce a very good polish. Squeaking doors ought to have the hinges oiled by a feather dipped in some linseed oil. A soft cloth, wetted in alcohol, is excellent to wipe off French plate-glass and mirrors. A red-hot iron will soften old putty so that it can be easily removed. Motheb's Cook Book. TO REMOVE STAINS FROM MATTRESSES. Make a thick paste by wetting starch with cold water. Spread this on the stain, first patting the mattress in the sun; rub this off after an hour or so, and if the ticking is not clean try the process again. KALSOMINING. For plain white use one pound white glue, twenty pounds English whiting; dissolve glue by boiling in about three pints of water; dissolve whiting with hot water; make the consistency of thick batter; then add glue and one cup soft soap. Dissolve a piece of alum the size of a hen's egg, add and mix the whole thoroughly. Let it cool before using. If too thick to spread nicely add more water till it spreads easily. For blue tints add five cents' worth of Prussian blue, and a little Venetian red for lavender. For peach-blow use red in white alone. The above quantity is enough to cover four ceilings, sixteen feet square, with two coats, and will not rub off as the whitewash does made of lime. PAPERING WHITEWASHED WALLS. There are many ways, but we mention those that are the most reliable. Take a perfectly clean broom, and wet the walls all over with clean water; then with a small sharp hoe or scraper scrape off all the old whitewash you can. Then cut your paper of the right length, and, when you are all ready to put on the paper, wet the wall with strong vinegar. Another way is to make very thin paste by dissolving one pound of white glue in five quarts of warm water, and wash the walls with it before putting on the paper. A very good way is to apply the paste to both paper and wall. The paste may be made from either wheat or rye flour, but must be put on warm. Mother's Cook Book. HOW TO CLEAN COSSETS.

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